| 单词 | apogee |
| 例句 | The sun reached its apogee and started down the blue sky of early afternoon. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Modern drawings of ancient cities tend to show them at an imagined apogee, the great monuments all splendidly arrayed together, perfect as architectural models. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The company’s public soul-searching reached its apogee at Lincoln Center last week at the company’s fall gala, its most important and glittery fund-raiser of the year. Vulgar Texts and Dancer Turmoil Force City Ballet to Look in the Mirror 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Staying in one place for long periods is a large part of what allowed this civilization to evolve to such a magnificent apogee in a harsh desert landscape. Searching for the Ancestral Puebloans 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z So Labour MP Frank Field describes one of his regular tete-a-tete's with Margaret Thatcher at the apogee of her pomp and prime. The Real Iron Lady: Working with Margaret Thatcher – review 2013-03-15T19:40:01Z In golf etiquette, this is regarded as the apogee of inconsiderate gaucheness. Letters to the Editor 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z The Spanish pianist’s exquisite playing reached its apogee with the heavenly slow movement, but I found a surfeit of refinement verging on the inappropriate. Dudamel, Mozart and the hope and joy of 1791 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The British Empire reached its apogee under the guidance of men — and except for the Queen, it was men — who were not only able politicians but also intellectuals. Review | In these fractious times, a yearning for Walter Bagehot’s ‘age of discussion’ 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z Moreover, it briefly made stars of people who made the Levellers look like the apogee of commercial potential. The Levellers take it to the next level ? the return of crusty 2011-02-17T23:21:01Z Soul, an amalgamation of black gospel and rhythm and blues, first found its way onto the pop charts in the nineteen-fifties, and reached a kind of apogee in the early sixties. The Singularity of Adele’s Soul 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Jazz “is the apogee of political confrontation and revolution,” O’Farrill argued. Cornel West: “Donald Trump is a horror many of us can’t wrap our minds around” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z “There was this sense of something ultimate, an apogee of some kind,” she added. Anthony Hopkins Returns to ‘King Lear,’ Finally Up to the Challenge 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Yet this pale wraith's signature mood is exquisite melancholy and the evening's apogee is set-closer Strange Weather, a carnal, jazz-inflected lament delivered from the death throes of a love that was always doomed to fail. Keren Ann ? review 2011-04-10T21:15:00Z Of course there’s “Mommie Dearest,” camp’s cinematic apogee, which turns 40 this year and is the starting point for any Camp 101 watch party. Like ‘Mommie Dearest’? Stream These Movies for Pride Month 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Those 12 final years in the Eternal City marked the apogee of his career. In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of Raphael 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Minimalism is generally thought of as one of the apogees of 20th-century Western high culture. | Charting the Real Roots of Minimalist Art 2014-03-17T21:29:54Z If the 1988 production is regarded as an apogee of camp, this Off Broadway revival is toned down — way down — and earnest in its portrayals of emotional extremes. Arts & Leisure: ?Carrie,? a Huge Stage Flop, Is Reinvented by MCC Theater 2012-02-02T13:00:00Z When he wrote “Blues People” and “Milneburg,” the apogee of American music was bebop. Questlove Reflects on Amira Baraka 2014-01-13T00:22:25Z The tradition of sealing a betrothal with a diamond ring reached its apogee in the past decade, with celebrities flaunting rocks the size of sugar cubes on their fingers. Special Report: Jewelry: Modern Jewelers Bring New Twist to Bridal Designs of Old 2011-12-06T15:00:05Z Musically, this imperial style reached its apogee in the songs of Lerner and Loewe and Rodgers and Hammerstein, who half a century ago defined a muscular, Americanized offshoot of operetta. Music Review: ?Best of Lerner and Loewe,? at Carnegie Hall 2010-04-20T22:14:00Z Of course, as is typical in Austen, the female protagonist finally achieves her desired marital match -- the apogee of aspirations for young women of the time. A puppet version of Jane Austen's 'Northanger Abbey' is modest success 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z In emotional terms, the film reaches its apogee two-thirds in, after Laura loses her camera and all her images of Moscow. ‘Compartment No. 6’ Review: Strangers on a Russian Train 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z In those days, Spontini was at the apogee of the opera world. Two Centuries Later, a Composer Gets a Second Look 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The entire movie is filled with an absolute splendor of the pulp sublime, and that moment is its very apogee. What the Seven “Star Wars” Films Reveal About George Lucas 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z “Tookah,” her extremely poised new album, reaches its synthpop apogee with a track called “Speed of Dark,” which starts as a breakup song and ends as an invitation to run away together. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z Except here he’s trying to illuminate a multifaceted jewel that’s still spinning in the air, nowhere near its apogee. What Our Extremist Politics Owe to Batman and Captain America 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington, a peerless composer as well as a great pianist, reached a stylistic apogee in the early nineteen-forties and revealed little trace of new trends over the next thirty years. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z There are often a few of them in surveys of her long career as a sculptor, which reached its apogee in the 1980s and ’90s. Louise Bourgeois, Celebrated Sculptor, Unsung Painter 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Because opera has played one very successful trick: appealing to the rich, happening in posh places, receiving all that government money, means quite simply that it must represent the apogee of taste. How I fell out of love with opera 2010-05-27T21:00:00Z Hope Villanueva’s valuable sound design reaches its apogee with the unnerving sound of a rock hitting a camera. Review | Two plays set at the intersection of race and violence in America 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z In Liverpool, meanwhile, delusions of post-industrialism have reached their apogee in the idea that Beatledom can be a substitute for a lost mercantile past. I am a Beatles obsessive. But let's cut the Fabs-worship 2011-01-03T21:00:01Z It was the state directing mob violence, a phenomenon that would reach its apogee in the Holocaust. Before the Holocaust, Jewish Suffering Had One Name: Kishinev 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z His combination of straight-off-the-farm innocence and fledgling ambition reached an apogee near the end of the play when Gus, attempting to buck up the company's flagging spirits, sings — terribly — "Defying Gravity" from "Wicked." Tonys 2015: Four nominees make big impressions in small roles 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z In a film still, though, an actor can remain forever at the apogee of his appeal.” Mary and MoMa: The Case of the (Still) Missing Film Stills 2012-01-11T19:14:15Z This, friends, is news: a movie populated by young people who do not mumble, swear, punctuate their utterances with “like” or think that an incredulous “really?” represents the apogee of wit. Movie Review: ?Damsels in Distress,? From Whit Stillman 2012-04-05T12:00:00Z But the twin apogees of Austenian aunts are, of course, are the supine Lady Bertram, welded to her sofa, and the ghastly Mrs Norris, in Mansfield Park. Literary aunts: the good, the bad and the ugly 2011-03-25T13:43:17Z That scene is unfortunately the artistic apogee of “Pawn Sacrifice.” Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Even that apogee of the English choral tradition, King's College, Cambridge, has recognised the value of its "brand" and launched its own recording label. Choir of King's College; Exaudi; Tallis Scholars – review 2012-10-27T23:17:28Z “She represents the apogee of Rembrandt’s aspirations as a history painter. He’s painting what he loves and what he most believes in. She’s everything he finds noble in his profession.” A Homecoming for Dutch Masters, Thanks to an American Billionaire 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Campanella notes that Brooklyn reached its “apogee of power and population during World War II,” thanks in part to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, as the borough became “the largest war-staging base in the United States.” Review | The rise, fall and resurgence of Brooklyn 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z In an 1889 remodeling, the monument acquired a panoramic 360-degree frieze about initiating trade with natives abroad, at the apogee of French academic painting and the height of France’s commercial empire. Artists Reveal a Dark Side of the Bourse’s Crowning Glory 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z The new grand manner is again showing us the course of empire, on the far side of the apogee. Perspective | America needs an epic narrative right now. Painters are working on it. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z These apocalyptic fantasies, so characteristic of the fin-de-siècle, reached their apogee in a spectacular book that Corton leaves out of her study, perhaps because the extinction extends beyond London to the entire globe: M.P. “London Fog,” a study of the great city’s legendary atmosphere 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z It is an apogee of trash brilliance unrivaled anywhere else in the galaxy. My streaming gem: why you should watch Starcrash 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z By 1994, as Oasis became more popular, it became clear that Suede didn't fit into Britpop any more, even though it was still a year before the scene's commercial apogee. Suede brushes up 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z "Each called itself revolutionary, promised to deliver universal equity, by force if necessary; then, as it approached the apogee of its power, gave way either to stifling conformity or exultant sectarianism." Shooting Angels by Christopher Hope ? review 2011-08-26T21:55:01Z The older Royals - the Queen and the Duke Of Edinburgh – so derided in the annus horribilis years of the 1990s, became popular again, reaching an apogee in the euphoria of last year's Olympics and Jubilee. Ghost of Diana returns in biopic starring Naomi Watts 2013-06-13T14:53:34Z At their apogee, the Sex Pistols inspired pundits on the evening news to ponder, in all seriousness, whether the decline of Western civilization had finally arrived. Afternoon Beers With a Former Sex Pistol 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Home to the Junker aeroplane factory, this city had a strong tradition of industrial design and it was here the movement reached its apogee. 100 years of Bauhaus: Berlin and beyond 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z First, it’s important to understand that wine does not age toward an apogee of development, then drop off. When to Open a Bottle: Aging Wine Without the Anxiety 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z With American power at its apogee after the fall of the Soviet Union, their aim was to ensure American primacy, to establish what the Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer had called America’s unipolar moment. Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z From this apogee, however, the story goes badly wrong. Kenneth Grange: A very British modernist 2011-07-19T16:08:16Z But “Mutable Set,” his fourth solo effort, is Mills’s sophisticated apogee. How Blake Mills became good at everything 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z I was, to put it bluntly, at my apogee of cinematic snobbishness. I've never seen ... Forrest Gump 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Despite his position as the apogee of this story, he remains a surprisingly passive character, whom we see through a glass darkly. Mary Rakow’s ‘This is Why I Came’ asks us to reimagine biblical tales 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Typically treated as sartorial jokes, these jumpsuits emblematize the star at his apogee, that moment before his fame and his life collapsed on him and he crumpled to earth. Elvis Broke Fashion Boundaries, Too 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The falling out between Pollock and de Kooning occurred in 1953, when Pollock was suffering from a creative block just as de Kooning was reaching the apogee of his career. Creative tensions 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The show began with a group rendition of that apogee of bathos "We Are The World" and a probably inevitable version of "My Way" occurred not long thereafter. Karaoke champs vie for fame, dumplings in Russia 2010-09-23T19:47:00Z Estimated to raise $8 million, and sold to benefit philanthropy, this material, with its emphasis on 18th-century French decorative arts, represents the apogee of another era of taste from the Upper East Side of Manhattan. A ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ Is Coming. What Will It Mean for Art? 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z It sort of reached its apogee with Gaga and, of course, of the extravagance of the Dior shows and all of that. On the Runway Blog: ‘Heroin Chic’ Beauty for the Office? 2013-08-26T21:00:16Z Van Devere was married, for years, to George C. Scott, when Scott was soaring at his histrionic apogee. ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ Review: A Tangled Web of Human Impulse 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Yet what kind of kids will we raise if the apogee of aspirational misbehaviour is throwing some eggs at your neighbour’s mansion, or swearing quite near a picture of Bill Clinton? Marina Hyde's Lost in showbiz: high fives all round as Val Kilmer whoops about his new Top Gun mission 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z The Moon follows an elliptical path around Earth with one side, or perigee, about 31,000 miles closer than the other, or apogee. 'Super moon' to light up night sky 2012-05-05T17:24:00Z A subject of the novel is the French literary establishment, at whose apogee the Goncourt Prize stands and which Sarr describes with a mix of ridicule and affection. Brigitte Giraud Wins Goncourt Prize With Tragic Novel of Loss 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z It happened this season with “Lost,” and it reached its apogee on Sunday night in an episode that was largely a pleasant, nostalgic wallow for the show’s fans. Television: No Longer ?Lost,? but Fans Are Still Searching 2010-05-24T17:23:00Z This work, performed in silence, is surely the apogee of Ms. Tipton’s art; and — as it had been in 1994 — it was probably the greatest single dance evening of my year. Opening Doors And Reaching New Heights 2010-12-17T14:43:11Z "It seems we didn't learn the lesson of 2015," he says - referring to the apogee of Europe's migration crisis. Germany: Illegal migration rise prompts border crackdown 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The moon reaches apogee on October 9, just five days before this upcoming eclipse. How to See the ‘Ring of Fire’ Annular Solar Eclipse of October 14 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z As a result, there are times during the moon's orbit when it is further away — at apogee — and times when it is closer — at perigee. The Last Super Blue Moon until 2037 Rises Tonight. Here’s How to See It 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z And if you pause for the span of a single breath, plunger strained to apogee, and hover at the precipice of launch in that moment-between-moments — your field of vision narrows, your eyes dilate in delight. Pinball is of the body: Why modern tech is plagued by obsolescence 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z The Space Force identified the object as an apogee kick motor that is used during some satellite launches to assist in getting a satellite to reach a destination in higher orbit. Ukraine war scuttles Biden arms control agenda 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z The early 1920s were the apogee of the revived Klan in Southern California. Recent report on L.A. County hate crime numbers is a reminder of when we didn't even count them 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z So at its apogee, the moon can appear to be smaller than the sun. How to See the ‘Ring of Fire’ Annular Solar Eclipse of October 14 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z It arguably reached its artistic apogee in early-20th-century Vienna, where it was seen as uniquely suited to capture the flux and fluidity of life in Europe’s febrile modern cities. Review | The rootless, brilliant and tragic life of Joseph Roth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “This could signify the apogee of its toleration,” she said. Iran Executes Man Over Nationwide Protests 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z That one night in Rome was ultimately the apogee of Hoddle's England. Inside England's 'emotional' Rome draw 25 years on 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Furthermore, many millions of voters have come to this adverse conclusion about him: The apogee of his career has not coincided with the peak of his personal abilities. Opinion | Why Colorado Gov. Jared Polis could answer Democrats’ 2024 prayers 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z If intractable population trends indicate that China is at its geopolitical apogee, it might attempt to leap at Taiwan through a closing window of opportunity. Opinion | Why China will become ever more dangerous as its baby bust worsens 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “The difference is only obvious in photographs comparing the perigee full moon with an apogee full moon,” said James Lattis, an astronomer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. How to View the Last Supermoon of the Year 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The breakup marks the apogee of those efforts, divvying up an empire created in the 1980s under Jack Welch, one of America’s first CEO “superstars.” GE reveals identity of 3 companies after historic split 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Before the sun reached its fierce apogee, she’d swing a makeshift watering can made of a perforated plastic bottle over the garden in her family home, where she had returned after the coronavirus hit Manila. Rural Philippines, Long Neglected, Newly Appealing in Covid Times 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z It is the apogee of will over thought. Opinion | We Should Say It. Russia Is Fascist. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z After the second stage reaches its most distant point on its orbit in late February — known as apogee — it will start falling back toward the Earth and cross paths with the Moon instead. A SpaceX rocket slamming into the Moon is a reminder to clean up our deep space junk 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z A supermoon is about 17 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than when a full moon is at apogee, or its farthest point from Earth, he said. How to View the Last Supermoon of the Year 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z A year later, the approach reached its apogee when Ronaldo arrived in Turin. The Demise of the Old Lady 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Ahead of the national parliamentary elections this weekend, President Vladimir V. Putin’s rule has reached a new apogee of authoritarianism, coated in a patina of comfortable stability. As Russians Vote, Resignation, Anger and Fear of a Post-Putin Unknown 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Even those classics representing the apogee of aesthetic and moral imagination are considered suspect. Column: A father writes to a critic who panned his son's play. The critic responds 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Once it hit apogee, or the high point, the capsule fell back toward the Texas desert, touching down softly under three parachutes. Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen reach space, return safely on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z After reaching its apogee, or high point, it reoriented itself and is falling back toward Earth, gliding to a runway landing. Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew are safely back from space, ushering in a new era 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z This time, it reached its apogee, or highest point, of about six miles, shut off its engines and fell gracefully in a “belly flop” or horizontal position. For Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship program, more smoke, fire and shrapnel 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z As he neared the apogee of success, he built a landmark residence on New York’s Madison Avenue, designed by Stanford White, that is still remembered as the Villard Houses. Wall Street's love affair with 'blank check' investments won't end happily 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z After the vehicle crashed, he said that “we had another great flight to the 10-kilometer apogee” and that the subsonic reentry looked very good and stable.” SpaceX crashes another Starship in test that was delayed over FAA concerns company violated its test license in December 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z That project's apogee came during the former president's funeral at the library in 1994, when President Bill Clinton delivered a cloying eulogy that bade farewell to the deceased "on behalf of a grateful nation." Perspective | Trump’s presidential library will be a shrine to his ego 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z “I also purposely went to a point in the cabin to most dramatically try to enjoy apogee and a view of Earth from the stillness of space,” she said. Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z “I also purposely went to a point in the cabin to most dramatically try to enjoy apogee and a view of Earth from the stillness of space,” she said. Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Of the site’s tombs, Dr. Bradley said, “Newgrange is the apogee.” DNA of ‘Irish Pharaoh’ Sheds Light on Ancient Tomb Builders 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Tuesday’s flight went smoothly through liftoff, as the rocket burned its engines to reach the 6.2-mile apogee. SpaceX crashes another Starship in test that was delayed over FAA concerns company violated its test license in December 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z By Monday, the shutdown wave was just climbing toward its apogee. Some political coronavirus questions to consider 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z When the moon is far, it is at apogee. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in March 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential prospects may have passed their apogee on Nov. 1, when she explained, or purported to explain, how she would pay for her version of Medicare-for-all. Opinion | Democrats’ denial on health care may produce Trump’s reelection 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z At first, it succeeded on all counts: It’s hard to remember now the toxic energy that drew Muslims from around the world to the self-proclaimed Islamic State at its apogee in 2014. Opinion | Baghdadi’s death is accompanied by demands for change in the Arab world 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z His penchant for rhythmic innovation reached an apogee when he authored what many deem rock’s first epic drum solo, in Cream’s 1966 instrumental “Toad.” Ginger Baker, rock drumming colossus of Cream, dies at 80 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z It is the kind of place a Hollywood location scout might select to signify the apogee of metropolitan sophistication. How Matthew Lopez Transformed “Howards End” Into an Epic Play About Gay Life 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The apogee — distant — new moon occurs March 24, according to the observatory. Skywatch: What’s happening in the heavens in March 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Neither astrology nor Mesmerism nor phrenology ever approached this apogee of combined delusion and deception. Why Freud Should Be Dead 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Orban is the apogee of these contradictions: He is a far-right leader of a country whose Jewish citizens say they face less harassment than Jews in any other part of Europe. A Friend to Israel, and to Bigots: Viktor Orban’s ‘Double Game’ on Anti-Semitism 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z They were even able to correlate them to the moon’s orbital position around Earth, finding that more moonquakes occur during apogee, when the moon is at its most distant and Earth’s gravitational pull wanes. Apollo-era Tremors Reveal a Dynamic, Active Moon 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Also, it’s a bit presumptuous to liken yourself to Leonardo Da Vinci and identify with the apogee of human achievement. John Kelly resurrects his past lives: dancer, filmmaker, drag performer and so much more 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z The amazing apogee of Lee’s art was probably the reams of fanciful balderdash he wrote as a complement to Ditko’s cosmic acid-scapes in their classic collaboration on the original Dr. Strange comics in the 1960s. The larger-than-life huckster dialogue of Stan Lee 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z On my last day on the spit, I visited the apogee of this folksy creativity. An Unmissable Summer Holiday in the Baltics 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z "This is a total eclipse at a time in its orbit when it is close to being the farthest from Earth, or at apogee," she said. Skygazers await century's longest 'blood moon' 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z The steakhouse became an ostentatious outlet for the powerful to display their wealth, reaching its apogee with the opening of Blackie’s House of Beef in 1953. The 24 dishes that took D.C. from culinary backwater to food destination 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Stewart’s embrace of the Confederacy reached an apogee in his 2017 campaign. Corey Stewart, Virginia Senate Nominee, Evokes Trump on Racial Issues 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Lots of people get worked up about orchids, the apogee, or something near it, of floral extravagance. Tiny Orchid Seeds Possess Understated Beauty and, Occasionally, Tools 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z That’s the power she seeks to tear down, and her defiant energy bubbles through the entire book, reaching its apogee in the blazing epilogue. Why do we — women in particular — love true crime? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The great apogee, the farthest distance from Earth, will minimize obstruction and interference from our planet. Meet TESS, Seeker of Alien Worlds 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Mr Trump’s titillating, debasing speeches are the apogee of what a conservative columnist once described as the “pornificaton of politics”. Why Stormy Daniels is so dangerous 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z In Androids, Iran senses her own blunted emotional response to a life in which caring for machines is the apogee of existence for many, and Earth has been deserted by the smartest. Where Bladerunner began: 50 years of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The marriage of loud colors and sounds reaches its zany apogee at the hockey rink. Why the Pyeongchang Games Are Different From All the Others 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Change is a baseball constant as veterans’ careers pass their apogees and younger players’ approach theirs. Opinion | Why baseball owners won’t pay up for free agents 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Why deign to masquerade as some lesser being when you are already an internationally acknowledged apogee of fabulousness? Naomi Campbell: ‘People try to use your past to blackmail you. I won’t allow it’ 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Real America has spoken in the voter’s booth, and we are seeing Real America, that Shining City on the Hill, at its apogee. Opinion | Sex, Sanctimony and Congress 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z I was surprised to discover that paleo art reached its apogee under the Soviet regime. Here's What We Used to Think Dinosaurs Looked Like 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Within minutes of the launch, South Korean, Japanese and US officials reported data about the location, range, apogee, and flight time of the missile. North Korea says missile test shows all US within range - BBC News 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Liberal-bashing on social media has reached a kind of apogee, but its targets have not yet produced much real defense of the ideology. Hated by the Right. Mocked by the Left. Who Wants to Be ‘Liberal’ Anymore? 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z So, having reached the apogee of transformable robotic pitches, exclusive fine dining suites and perfectly tuned seating, what next for the future of stadiums? Stadiums of the future: a revolution for the fan experience in sport 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z David Wright, co-director of the global security program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the missile appeared to have reached an apogee of about 1,240 miles. North Korea’s Kim celebrates test of ‘perfect weapon system’ 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Near the flight's apogee, the capsule would separate from a booster that would fly back and land on the ground. Bezos shows off the crew capsule that could soon take tourists to space 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Berry’s gift reached its apogee in Promised Land, probably the finest song ever written about the American dream. Chuck Berry: the rock'n'roller who wrote the soundtrack for teen rebellion 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Made in 1977, when Fischer was in his 20s, the Gay Semiotics series is a wonderfully poker-faced portrait of queer male culture in San Francisco’s Castro and Haight-Ashbury neighbourhoods at their carefree apogee. Sex symbols: what does a blue hankie in your left back pocket mean? 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Annular eclipses occur when the moon is at or near its greatest distance, known as apogee. ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse Will Cross South America and Africa on Sunday 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z At their post-Civil War apogee, 19th-century Republicans were the party of activist government, using protectionism to pick commercial winners and promising wondrous benefits from government’s deft interventions in economic life. Opinion | Who will protect Americans from their protectors? 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Arguably, Street Hassle – the apogee of Reed’s adventures in the New York junkie underworld – contravenes our song suite ruling, being made up of three “movements” called Waltzing Matilda, Street Hassle and Slipaway. These are the songs that never end: 10 of music's most rewarding long cuts 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Run’s House is the apogee of the style. Run-DMC – 10 of the best 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The bout, which Ortiz claims is his last, is the apogee of Bellator’s penchant for matching up well-known fighters past their primes and relying on their fame to generate bountiful cable television ratings on Spike. Tito vs Chael: Bellator’s big-name veterans sell their show 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z ObamaCare, as symbol and actuality, may be the apogee of modern liberalism’s politics of hope as mostly messaging. Michelle’s Trump Despair 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z The Moon appears only this large and bright when compared with a full moon near apogee, which is almost as rare as one near perigee and certainly not “usual”. Deflating the supermoon hype 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The supemoon is 14 times larger than the apogee full moon and 30 percent brighter. The Supermoon and Other Moons That Are Super in Their Own Ways 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z When it is further away, this is the moon's apogee. How to see biggest supermoon in almost 70 years - CBBC Newsround BBC Newsround 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z “That was the apogee. The zenith. The pinnacle — if an abyss has a pinnacle.” Can’t You Hear the 1948 Whistle Blowin’ 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Oneida, at its apogee, numbered some three hundred people. The Return of the Utopians 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The religious resonances typify a strain of spiritual language that has been a part of Mrs. Clinton’s general election campaign, reaching its apogee at the Democratic National Convention. For Hillary Clinton and Democrats, a Public Shift Toward ‘God-Talk’ 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Instead, the supermoon really shines when it is compared with the full moon at apogee, or its farthest position from Earth. The Supermoon and Other Moons That Are Super in Their Own Ways 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z The World Cup then was the apogee of football; it is not now. Lionel Messi and Argentina: will his latest international low really be the end? | Jonathan Wilson 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z My sons view this as the apogee of my literary career, but I swear it hasn’t swayed me in Wallace’s favor. It’s tennis season, so let’s hear from. . . David Foster Wallace 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The Bonn Agreement, which established the post-Taliban interim government in Afghanistan, was the apogee of this cooperation, and it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to achieve without Iran’s support. Before Obama leaves office, here’s what he should do about Iran 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The album marks the lush, string-drenched apogee of his preoccupation with a peculiarly British strain of ancient mysticism. Van Morrison – 10 of the best 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Philosopher Walter Benjamin thought that it was “the apogee of mental relaxation”; for Kierkegaard, idleness made one into a “meticulous observer”. Is Freewrite 'smart typewriter' hipster bait or thoughtful tech? 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z When a free diver from New Zealand broke one of the sport’s most-prized world records on Saturday, plunging 122 meters beneath the ocean’s surface, fans were awe-struck by the new apogee of human endurance. Diver Breaks Record for Deepest Plunge Into Ocean, Then Does It Again 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Kansas City in the early 1990s was the apogee of what Rick Hess and I describe in our new volume, "Educational Entrepreneurship Today," as the "system" approach to school reform. How to Build a School District 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Schaberg recalls the moment when air travel marked the apogee of cosmopolitan romance; he believes that the future favors virtual experience. Has the Internet Made Air Travel Irrelevant? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Oddly, the cult of collaboration has reached its apogee in the very arena where the value of uninterrupted concentration is at its height: knowledge work. The collaboration curse 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The ensuing argument reaches its apogee when Den finally pulls the band’s tour van into a layby and opens the door. Lemmy: the contrarian hell-raiser who rejected adoration 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Now Trump has risen to a glorious new apogee, thanks largely to the Paris attacks, the Syrian refugee crisis and most recently the theoretical terrorist links of the San Bernardino shooters. Muslim fever goes viral: After Paris and San Bernardino, Islam-bashing is back and bigger than ever 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The apogee of victim-blaming, the idea that genetic "inferiority" causes native peoples to be particularly susceptible to addiction was not falsifiable when it was initially spread. No, Native Americans aren't genetically more susceptible to alcoholism 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z At its apogee, the skylight is about 160 feet above the floor of the Oculus. Retractable Skylight in World Trade Center Oculus Takes Final Form 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The Miller massacre reached its apogee with her train wreck of an appearance on “The Daily Show” earlier this week, where Jon Stewart treated her as if she was a particularly disgusting swamp creature. The media’s myopic Judy Miller crusade: Why her press-tour bludgeoning is too little, too late 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z This folly reaches its apogee on the question of the detention of insurgents. Judges Should Not Rule on the Fog of War 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z He called the Cubs’ move “ersatz baseball” and said “the CBA is at the apogee of wrongs incentivizing clubs to create a product less than the best.” Opening day and other MLB story lines 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The author of the “Communist Manifesto” of 1848 considered fox-hunting “the greatest physical pleasure I know”, the apogee of English culture and, less convincingly, a source of useful ideas for managing the revolution. The hunter and the hapless 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Hollywood's awards season reaches its apogee on Sunday at the 87th Academy Awards, where "Birdman" and "Boyhood" will battle for best picture and veteran actors are likely to grasp their first golden Oscar statuettes. Oscars promise a night of nail-biting and new winners 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z When the rocket hit its apogee and naturally shifted into a horizontal position, the mercury flowed across the vial and connected the wires. A grandfather who changes the future and the past 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Reaching an apogee of confusion, car dashboards have become a bewildering array of screens, buttons and knobs to control functions like the radio, ventilation, advanced safety systems and Internet services. To Tame Dashboard Chaos, Carmakers Take a Hint From Tablets 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Some said they wanted to watch India play Australia there, which represented either the apogee of global sporting culture, or poor knowledge of India’s favourite game. How not to treat Brand Britain 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Almost universally, they viewed themselves as pioneers at the dawn of an era of exploration whose apogee is beyond our generation’s imagination. Guest: Commercial spaceflight setbacks and why we still need to go to space 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z The craft, called SpaceShipTwo, was designed to be launched from a plane, then rocket up to its apogee at about 62 miles, an altitude considered the boundary of outer space. Accidents at Virgin Galactic and Orbital Sciences Show Hurdles for Private Space Efforts 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z The apogee was reached with the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 when the Royal Navy decimated Napoleon’s navy. China's Rise as a Global Maritime Power: Reflections from Seville 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z On the other hand, the Buena Vista 2012 red blend, $20, while certainly not the apogee of winemaking art, was at least potable. European vs. American Wines And The Winner Is..... 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z The completion of the human genome project over a decade ago represented both the apogee of reductionist science and the moment when the limitations of this approach first became widely apparent. Next Hurdle For Medical Research: Capture And Integration Of Phenotype At Scale 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s no coincidence that Boomers mark first the apogee, and then the decline, in generational progress as measured by real-dollar income. The Boom Generation, "What a Long Strange Trip" (Part 4 of 7) 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Many consider the tragedy of the ailing monarch to be Shakespeare at the apogee of his power. Lulled Into Relatability The parish reached its apogee in the 1940s. Amid Criticism, a Changing Brooklyn Gets a Second Cathedral 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z “Indisputably the ‘Holy Grail’ of watches, The Henry Graves Supercomplication combines the Renaissance ideal of the unity of beauty and craftsmanship with the apogee of science.” Henry Graves 'Supercomplication' May Fetch $17 Million At Sotheby's Geneva 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The Alsops’ concern about Eisenhower reached its apogee during the debate over a supposed “missile gap” between Soviet and U.S. strategic forces. Our cycles of national worry But for me, and many other part-time pop cultural critics, rock'n'roll as an art form of offence appeared to have reached its apogee in the work of the late GG Allin. Sex and drugs? Real rock rebels are into tax-efficient accountancy abuse 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z "He becomes the apogee of medieval kingship - he doesn't have favourites, he discusses things corporately and uses parliament as a way of advancing kingship," he said. England's first fight for democracy? 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z A canny mixture of innocence and effervescence, the movies also live today as the record of two irreplaceable stars at the apogee of their appeal, before age and addiction made their lives so complicated. The Long and the Short of Mickey Rooney 2014-04-07T20:56:20Z The year 2000 was the apogee of soft money, and its principal recipient, George W. Bush, with the cooperation of those corporate favorites, the Blue Dog Democrats in Congress, returned the favor. A Supreme Court out of control! How McCutcheon will spur corruption and inequality 2014-04-02T18:43:00Z If Cairo was not the birthplace of the Arab Spring, it was its apogee. How Egypt's Revolution Fell Apart 2013-10-26T05:05:25Z A new, brasher generation of players entered the Indian team and led to the country’s cricketing apogee in 2011, when it won the World Cup in Mumbai, Tendulkar’s home city. All Hail the 'God of Cricket' 2013-10-11T05:20:25Z This involved four lengthy burns on its apogee engine, consuming nearly three tonnes of propellant. 'Space A380' to start in-orbit tests 2013-08-05T12:17:38Z The transit hall will soar 160 feet, from the floor to the apogee of its arched, ribbed steel-and-glass canopy. Building Blocks: A Transit Hub in the Making May Prove to Be the Grandest 2013-07-18T01:53:15Z Therefore it will exert 42 percent more tidal force at this full moon compared to the spring tides for the full moon that will coincide with apogee next January. Supermoon to Rise in Weekend Sky 2013-06-21T21:15:00.313Z And it is a trickle, for many, with the apogee of sophisticated techniques applied to big data by service providers creating truly effective filtering systems such as those Gmail uses. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt, Part 4] 2013-06-21T17:15:01.653Z But there’s a moment in history when the trajectory of an icon reaches its apogee and the descent begins. Apple: Most Admired No More? 2013-02-26T01:40:05Z From this point on, only stubborn old men will regard Bobby Moore being hoisted on to his team-mates' sunlit shoulders as the apogee of national sporting achievement. The Games are nearly over, let the national game begin 2012-08-11T15:42:50Z At the apogee of the Reagan-Thatcher era, Chicago Law drew enthusiastic support from businesses and foundations that embraced its small-government message. Will Success Spoil the Chicago School? 2012-06-07T21:59:59Z It survives every debacle as that apogee of dogma, a "good idea in principle". The euro gets off scot-free in this debacle – just like the black rat 2012-06-07T19:40:01Z And so, just before dawn the last Sunday in May, one of the most elaborate rituals in immigrant New York reached its apogee. Ashanti Group From Ghana Installs Its New York Chief 2012-06-04T04:26:12Z It is a simple one; men still living know that Wagner, to reach his musical apogee, to reach his public, had to lean heavily on the musical genius and individual inspiration of Liszt. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z This case in the North and the close of Bernard Gui’s career in Toulouse, about the same time, mark the apogee of the Inquisition in France. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z The distance of the moon's center from the earth's center is therefore perpetually changing; the point of nearest approach is called perigee, and that of farthest recession, apogee. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z With this, however, the apogee of the disease may be reached, and the subsequent symptoms be altogether insufficient in comparison with those which have preceded. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z “The Gujarat riots of 2002 marked the apogee of communal hatred,” the article’s authors write. India Ink: Newswallah: Long Reads Edition 2012-03-04T06:51:40Z As great as has been, as fantastic of a story his life is, the Linsanity phenomenon may have reached its apogee when talk began of adding him to the United States Olympic roster. The Closer: Linsanity May Be Peaking 2012-02-23T05:09:42Z This was a state of crisis which should have nearly attained its apogee, and which promised to result in catastrophe. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Were this true, were this a fact, the meanness of political life had reached its apogee! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Then when in the Pontificates of Innocent III and his successors the Roman Church reached its apogee, the religious yearning of men sought expressions in the sublimest architecture the world has seen. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z As a rule, the influences which have accelerated a nation's progress and brought it to the apogee of its social existence end in precipitating its ruin by their further action. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The poetry of this richly endowed and imaginative people had at the period of their entrance into Spain arrived, perhaps, at the apogee of splendour. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z My love is at the apogee of its flame. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z When the apogee of society is reached, attacks from pygmies seem more curious than offensive. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z It must not be forgotten in this regard that Thomas's career occurred during the period when Latin hymn writing was at its apogee. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The man of society, the witty talker, the maker of epigrams—Wilde at his apogee just before his fall—this is the picture on which the Latin psychologists have liked to dwell. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z In the course of the next few months he gathered into his hands every branch of the government: he had reached the apogee of his short-lived greatness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z The deep cuts triggered by the failure would certainly mark the apogee of political dysfunction. Technocrats Step In Where Political Leaders Fear to Tread: View 2011-11-15T05:44:40Z During the period in which he was unconscious with fever the horrors of the prison reached their apogee. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z "Let work be received in silence," says Mr. Whistler, "as it was in the days to which the penman still points as an era when art was at its apogee." Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z In my opinion, the present marks Europe’s apogee, and its immoderate colonial expansion means, not strength, but weakness. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z During the Blitz, this odd couple was said to have shared fire-warden duty atop the soaring roof of Kings College’s chapel, an apogee of Gothic architecture that stood in the crosshairs of Nazi bombers. Hayek, Keynes and How to Prevent Economic Crises: Sylvia Nasar 2011-09-13T00:26:01Z The recent debt limit debate is the apogee of Washington's dysfunction: and indicative of a political system that is seemingly incapable of dealing with national challenges. The dysfunction that lies at the very heart of American politics 2011-08-06T23:07:29Z It said China was set to achieve a "new apogee" in relations with Cambodia and the region. Hillary Clinton Goes to Bali: 3 Things to Watch 2011-07-22T01:01:26Z The commerce of Southern Russia had then reached its apogee. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z This is the apogee of the interior life, the meeting, the union of the soul with God. A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 2011-06-14T02:00:22.820Z The fifth, sixth and seventh are the apogee — or maybe the perigee — of Bristol. On Par: When a Bad Golf Course Edges Into Goodness 2011-05-23T01:07:46Z To the mouth which is bent down to it, it seems a rich, flowery plain; to man in his perigee, a dark world; to man in his apogee, a glimmering moon. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The Grand National is many things: a snorting, braying test of cross-species courage; and a snorting braying apogee of boozy corporate hospitality. Charl Schwartzel capitalises on Rory McIlroy's collapse to win Masters 2011-04-12T13:06:42Z To Anna in particular it was a unique day, marking the apogee of her existence. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z This was in 1556, when Hercules II. was Duke of Ferrara, and when that court of the Este princes was at the apogee of its splendour, renown, and magnificence. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z That village, in the days of its greatest apogee, would lodge at most one hundred Moro families, who always tend to be split up into small rancherías. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z You'll be telling me Twitter's not the apogee of human progress next. Pass notes No 2,911: Android 2011-01-17T20:00:00Z After all, rule by a moneyed, mutually connected establishment is nothing new — and hardly at its apogee in a White House led by a former Chicago community organizer whose father was a Kenyan economist. Way of the World: Taking Care of Business, and the U.S. 2011-01-13T14:20:31Z That remains the apogee and crushing low-point of his career, given he got so close then hit a wall. Murray sent tumbling out of Queen's 2010-06-11T18:16:00Z After that there needed nothing more, and my uncle's luck, which a moment since had trembled to its apogee, shot downward like a portent star. Idonia: A Romance of Old London In regard to the earth and the other planets, these two points are called the aphelion and perihelion; and in regard to the moon they are called the apogee and perigee. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli This incident of the fan marked the apogee of the first stage of Nort's career in the office of the Star. Hempfield A Novel My lucky star, when I so decided, was plainly in its apogee. A Top-Floor Idyl On the stage a festival was in progress, a festival for ear and eye, the apogee of Italian art, a production of "Aïda." The Perfume of Eros: A Fifth Avenue Incident In the apogee of the river's noose two girls, clearly seen against the silver glooms beyond, were bending over a basket. Plashers Mead A Novel Is the sun or the moon, in apogee or perigee, ascending or descending? The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 Indeed, it has already set in, even at the moment of the realists' apogee. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar But it is certainly in The White Peacock that this sensation attains its apogee. A Novelist on Novels In the first period was the apogee of absolutism, the incarnation of an entire nation in one man who in pompous scandals, everywhere imitated, gave a ceremonious dignity to sin. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The apogee of Leon's importance and power coincides with this memorable event. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The second measures the distance of the sun from its apogee. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 The proprietor of Houmas and Orange grove is a man, a self-made one, who has attained his apogee on the bright side of half a century, after twenty-five years of successful business. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The epoch of civilization proper is aptly named, because it has been a time in which citizenship, in the narrower national significance, has probably been developed to its apogee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The lessons of these teachers, fusing in the demented mind of the monster, produced transcendental depravity, the apogee of the abnormal and the epileptically obscene. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal What a glorious life must have been the university city's during the apogee of her fame! The Cathedrals of Northern Spain The lowest index, fitted with a single pointer, indicates the motion of the moon from its apogee or perigee. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 He could no longer groan; he could suffer merely, such suffering as hell perhaps has failed to contrive, that apogee of agony which it was left for man to devise. Mary Magdalen Leprosy is the last stage, the apogee of this scourge; but a thousand other ills, less hideous but still cruel, raged everywhere. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The sun’s rays have most power when they are longest, i.e. when the sun is in apogee. Indian Fairy Tales The cathedral's apogee has been reached; from now on it will either remain intact for centuries, or else it will gradually crumble away. The Cathedrals of Northern Spain So, I'm neither logical nor sincere; nevertheless, I maintain the opinion that absolute music, not programme, not music-drama, is the apogee of the art. Ivory Apes and Peacocks It was in their loins the Messiah was; in them the apex of a nation’s prosperity; in them glory at its apogee. Mary Magdalen It now has a perigee slightly below 110 miles and an apogee of about 400 miles. If at First You Don't... He was in Berlin just at the time when the second Lusitania crisis reached its apogee. My Three Years in America The detachable, mercury-battery headlight from one of the Sno cars hung from the apogee of the front dome and the other car light was in the sleeping dome. The Thirst Quenchers In 1675 he died, in his forty-third year, and at the apogee of his powers. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The economic revolution just sketched, and which is driving bourgeois society with great swiftness to its apogee, becomes more pointed from year to year. Woman under socialism We have a perigee of six hundred twenty five miles and an apogee of twenty nine hundred miles, and ... oh, my word; this is a tough break! If at First You Don't... “Call it blessing; call it heavenly boon; call it the pinnacle of my desire, the apogee of my hopes––call it anything in the world but sacrifice.” Officer 666 This western front, from the grand portals upward, is the apogee of French Gothic ornament,—at once the admiration and boast of all France. The Cathedrals of Northern France The lunar tide varies between apogee and perigee from 4·3 to 5·9. Pioneers of Science For the moon's orbit round the earth is not circular, but decidedly elliptical; the moon being 31,000 miles nearer to us at perigee than it is at apogee, its point of greatest distance. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The relation of blushing and laughter to social control, as an evidence of the emotional dependence of the person upon the group, is at its apogee in adolescence. Introduction to the Science of Sociology We may, therefore, look upon their epoch as that in which the first Chaldee Empire reached its apogee. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 In the centre of the window, cunningly draped before an oak-pannelled background, hung a dress of grey velvet which was the apogee and culmination of Flamby's dreams. The Orchard of Tears Yet most people think that tipping has reached its apogee in the United States! Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China But it moves more rapidly when near perigee than when near apogee, so that its motion differs considerably from perfect uniformity. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture But taking his works as a whole, that epoch—from 1895 to 1905—may be regarded as his apogee, as his "Great Noon." Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations It is to these men that Brussels owes the beauty of her tapestries in that apogee of Gothic art which immediately preceded the introduction of the Renaissance from Italy. The Tapestry Book The time of revolution of a primary or secondary planet in reference to its line of apsides; that is, from one perigee or apogee to another. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Mill's concessions to Coleridge rather scandalised the faithful; and it is enough to observe here that it marks the apogee of Mill's Benthamism. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill His power and popularity had now, however, reached their apogee, and Honoré-Gabriel Riquetti Comte de Mirabeau was stretched upon his deathbed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 He was then at the very apogee of his useful career. Some Personal Recollections of Dr. Janeway In the evil days that fell upon Brussels after her apogee, copying her own works took the place of new matters. The Tapestry Book The apogee of the sun is synonymous with the aphelion of the earth. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Let work, then, be received in silence, as it was in the days to which the penmen still point as an era when art was at its apogee. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies It was a remarkable eclipse in that the Moon was within 13° of perigee and the Sun only 2° from apogee. The Story of Eclipses Barnum struck the apogee of his fortunes when he discovered another midget, Lavinia Warren, who achieved a success scarcely less than Tom Thumb's. American Men of Mind In my opinion, the present marks Europe's apogee, and its immoderate colonial expansion means, not strength, but weakness. The New World of Islam A nice elliptical orbit, apogee a thousand odd miles, perigee, sixty-seventy—perhaps. Far from Home Labour, no longer gross and brawny, Finds its true hierophant in Tawney; And, freed from all save Guild Control, Attains its apogee in Cole. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 Moreover, there is no period of the Roman empire concerning which we are so little informed as the third century, precisely the one during which the Oriental religions reached the apogee of their power. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism In this regard I find him at his apogee with Phyllis Fleming and Jack Dunquerque, who are both frankly alive and charming. My Contemporaries In Fiction Sculpture reached its apogee under the Greeks, who, more than any other race, prized Form—particularly as manifested in its highest expression, the human figure. Style in Singing This enlargement of the department's concept of equal treatment and opportunity paralleled the rise of the modern civil rights movement, which was reaching its apogee in the mid-1960's. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Here is modern civilisation at apogee—the final word in luxury—the dénouement of spectacular life. Europe After 8:15 Their expansion and multiplication were rapid, and they attained the apogee of their power during the third century. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism And I have also remarked that this same Richard the Actor touched his apogee fifteen years ago and more. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques On the 7th of May, a month after Danton's death, Robespierre delivered a long speech before the Convention, a speech that marks his apogee. The French Revolution A Short History "The 'Genius,'" which interrupted the "trilogy of desire," marks the nadir of Dreiser's accomplishment, as "The Titan" marks its apogee. A Book of Prefaces The Empire of the Sea-Kings was at its apogee, and on every hand there were the evidences of security and luxury. The Sea-Kings of Crete Perhaps it has already passed its apogee; the plutocracy, chastened, shows signs of a new solidarity; the wheel continues to swing ’round. The Antichrist Every instant it surges, reaching the apogee with its waves and inundating the shores of existence. Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas So the moon which is in the heavens, however far it might evolve, could never become a luminous sun, but in its own condition it has apogee and perigee. Some Answered Questions These mirrors are earthly, whereas the reality of Divinity is in its highest apogee. The Promulgation of Universal Peace He responded to the summons of God, he attained the presence of Bahá’u’lláh, he ascended to that apogee where he was received and accepted. Memorials of the Faithful So the moon which is in the heavens, however far it might evolve, could never become a luminous sun; but in its own condition it has apogee and perigee. Bahá’í World Faith They come to bestow universal education upon humanity, to give humanity training, to uplift the human race from the abyss of despair and desolation and enable man to attain the apogee of advancement and glory. Foundations of World Unity With Dürer and Holbein German art reached its apogee in the first half of the sixteenth century, yet their work was not different in spirit from that of their predecessors. A Text-Book of the History of Painting The evolution of monasticism had already pointed the way to these tasks; its apogee was reached with the organization of the Company of Jesus. The Age of the Reformation In the following table, we have calculated the times of the conjunctions of the apogee and pole of the orbit, taking the mean motions. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Perugia was at this time at the apogee of its power,30 and had already made many efforts to reduce Assisi to submission. Life of St. Francis of Assisi The federation of 1790 was the apogee of M. de La Fayette: on that day he surpassed both king and assembly. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Similarly, at her apogee, when her rate of motion is comparatively slow, she shifts a little too quickly for her velocity, and therefore cannot help revealing a certain portion of her eastern border. All Around the Moon She even went so far as to ransack the library for these beatific biographies, and when she found herself rewarded for "diligent reading" her amusement was at its apogee. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes In the case of the moon this motion is very rapid, the apogee making an entire revolution in 3232 days. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence The moon is in opposition on the 5th; in apogee on the 11th; in conjunction on the 20th; and in perigee on the 23rd. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 The apogee of your glory was on the 17th July, 1791. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution The Moon, with regard to the Earth, is similarly in her perigee, and her apogee. All Around the Moon They witnessed the apogee, the decline, and the ruin of the dynasty. The Story of Versailles Some cause, however, exists to double the motion of the apogee, and that there is an outstanding excess of orbital velocity due to the tangential force, is also true. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Hers was not the plain appealing of Olive's Greek statue-like beauty; it was rather the hectic erethism of painters and sculptors in a period preceding the apogee of an art. Muslin These passages represent the apogee of the neoclassical criticism of pastoral poetry. De Carmine Pastorali (1684) Manet was at the apogee of his talent, when the Franco-German war broke out. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) The work of faith has there attained its apogee: that of conferences, of interims, of diplomacy begins. The Last Reformation From the present position of the lunar nodes and apogee, the vortices of our earth do not ascend into very high latitudes. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence With him painting reached its apogee, and in him were the seeds of its decadence. Promenades of an Impressionist The work of faith has there attained its apogee: that of conferences, of interims, of diplomacy begins.... The Revelation Explained At her apogee the velocity of rotation is greater, and a morsel of her eastern border appears. The Moon-Voyage About the Sunday of the Battle of Waterloo they were at their apogee. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) He found the average amount of rain at the perigee about equal to the amount at the apogee, as much at the full as at the change, and no difference at the quadratures. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Then when in the pontificates of Innocent III. and his successors the Roman church reached its apogee, the religious yearnings of men sought expression in the sublimest architecture the world has seen. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty The work of faith has there attained its apogee: that of conferences, of interims, of diplomacy begins.... The Revelation Explained The moon is nearest the earth at her perigee, and most distant at her apogee. The Moon-Voyage With all the daring yet perfectly unobtrusive and unconscious realism of certain details, the conception is one of the loftiest, one of the most penetrating in its very simplicity, of Venetian art at its apogee. The Later Works of Titian The apogee of each city in its different way represented the highest point that modern Europe had reached of physical well-being and splendour, of material as distinguished from mental culture. The Earlier Work of Titian There is one word which expresses the situation—apogee. The Man Who Laughs Here genre painting reaches its apogee in American literature: quaint interiors scrupulously described; rounds of minute activity familiarly portrayed; skimpy moods analyzed with a delicate competence of touch. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) It was clearly understood that when at her apogee the moon was farthest from the earth, and when at her perigee she was nearest to our planet. The Moon-Voyage In the case of the moon, however, Ptolemy traced the variable inequality noticed sometimes by Hipparchus at first and last quarter, which vanished when the moon was in apogee or perigee. Kepler Certainly nowhere else have the pomp and splendour of the painter's achievement at its apogee been so consistently allied to a dignity and simplicity hardly ever overstepping the bounds of nature. The Earlier Work of Titian The Catholic kings marked the apogee of national strength, but it was the beginning also of its decadence. The Shadow of the Cathedral Under Innocent III. it had attained the apogee of its strength and fortune. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 Its center is the apogee of terrestrial energy in the vegetable and animal creations, in monsters and in fish. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel The moon is in opposition on the 3rd; in apogee on the 6th, and in conjunction and perigee on the 18th. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 Alas, again I sighed, "Ah me," and viewed the aspect gloomily, for I was then in apogee from all that mighty company that domineered the H. of C. A. ruled the roast, not A.J.B. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 Youth at its apogee, precedent scorning, Genius ascending its path toward the stars! Poems It was also well understood that it is farthest removed from the earth during its apogee, and approaches most nearly to it at its perigee. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The marriage was not so expensive, as his wife had brought him a house—and it such a one as he had always regarded as the apogee of elegance. The Price She Paid Now at last their long-belated apogee is here; their decline is at hand. The Damnation of Theron Ware And, one great day—it was our apogee— When volunteers for France were called upon, A forest of accepting hands went up; But nothing further ever came of it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919 It would be impossible to give an idea of the impression caused by those sounds, for who can describe the apogee of the most unanimous, ardent, and national enthusiasm? Stories by Foreign Authors: Spanish Speaking of the moon, she is nearest to the earth in her perigee, and farthest from it in her apogee. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The sun is in apogee, or at his greatest distance from the earth on the 2nd, in 10 deg. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 262, July 7, 1827 His carefully prepared speeches, even in the apogee of his popularity, were often interrupted by the cry "Cut it short" or "Keep to the point." In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Mid-Winter had come, and the pleasures and splendours of Paris were at their apogee. The Lovels of Arden He further discovered from his calculations two new inequalities, one of the apogee, the other of the nodes, and assigned the maximum value. History of Astronomy And as we continue to examine the question we become aware that no further progress in art is possible; that art reached its apogee two thousand five hundred years ago. Modern Painting But in the life of the Founder of Christianity, who teaches, most of all, by example, friendship has its apogee,—its supreme pre-eminence and honor. De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream The revolution, if it brought topsy-turvydom in politics, like its great forerunner '89 brought the apogee of song. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" It was at such a period that Greece attained her apogee; but our experience, it seems to me, must needs be different. Confessions and Criticisms But the professional politician was then unthought of; he came as the result of several conditions incident to our national development; he has perhaps already touched his apogee, and is beginning to disappear. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 That moon, before reaching the apogee of its brilliance, will light the Philippines cleansed of loathsome filth!” The Reign of Greed The twelfth century was its apogee, and it was not until the thirteenth that it manifested the first symptoms of decay. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) At the age of twenty we find Dominique Ingres studying in Paris under David, then in his apogee. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" All the Peloponnesus is included in the Achaean League, which attains its apogee. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) They knew the obliquity of the ecliptic, and determined the place of the sun's apogee as well as its mean motion. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. In the opening years of the nineteenth century the friar orders in the Philippines had reached the apogee of their power and usefulness. The Social Cancer First there were the Radicals, who stood for the apogee of human villainy, though it now appears they were Conservatives of the mildest type. Without Prejudice In odor of sweet sanctity I bloom, With surplus of beatitude I bless, I'm the confidant of Destiny and Doom, I'm the apogee of knowledge more or less. Guns of the Gods Everything has its apogee of excellence, some of which, like capers, asparagus, partridges, callow-birds, etc., are eatable only when they are young. The Physiology of Taste There is nothing I respect more highly than a perigee, unless it be an apogee, which always sounds like the beginning of an incantation. Hildegarde's Neighbors You have too much knowledge and intelligence, you forget that there is something above art: namely, wisdom, of which art at its apogee is only the expression. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Napoleon, at the time of his greatest glories, at the apogee of his prodigious fortunes, had never had a warmer greeting from the Parisian people. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X In him the glow of the purple reached its apogee. Imperial Purple Cosmopolites, as citizens of two hemispheres, we fancy ourselves at the very apogee of civilization, yet we are sure we eat too much. The Physiology of Taste The longest Stunnin'tun eclipses seldom went over three hours—he once knew Deacon Spiteful pray quite through one, from apogee to perigee. The Monikins In this small, sudden, swift turn backward, he Suggests one turning from his apogee! The Dynasts It is clear, also, that the Old Dominion had passed the apogee of her political power. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 The beauty of the world was at its apogee, the glory of Rome as well; and through secrets and marvels Hadrian strolled, note-book in hand, his eyes unwearied, his curiosity unsatiated still. Imperial Purple All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline. The Physiology of Taste But though, in our eyes, Mr. Cruikshank reached his apogee some eighteen years since, it must not be imagined that such is really the case. George Cruikshank Cesar Birotteau, who might with reason think himself at the apogee of his fortunes, used this crucial pause as the point of a new departure. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau During her apogee she had a neat little house in the Rue Chauchat, and lived as Opera nymphs used to live in the old days. A Prince of Bohemia He made the important discovery of the motion of the solar apogee. A History of Science — Volume 2 But when the winter fairly began, Raoul appeared in social life at his apogee. A Daughter of Eve The incident recorded in this sketch took place towards the end of the month of November, 1809, the moment when Napoleon's fugitive empire attained the apogee of its splendor. Domestic Peace Thus, in the very apogee of her resolve to reform, did she drive one more rivet into the manacles which held her captive to Kazmah and Company. Dope |
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